Monday, 31 August 2015

On Sunday 23 August I visited Kithurst meadow and disturbed a Brown Hare on the bank. He dashed across the road and up the opposing bank.

On Monday 24th I searched Arundel WWT car park and found plenty of microfauna, including second brood Comfrey Ermel moths and a colourful new Leafhopper, Evacanthus interruptus. I also found a new micromoth, Blastobasis vittata, in the flat.

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

On the afternoon of August 18th I walked round various parts of Houghton Forest and found some new insects. Today's news story of the Box Tree caterpillar that is spreading in the country caused me to look for a picture of the moth, and it is a beauty. It reminded me of a moth I photographed in the Maldives in 2011, which I have now identified from a gallery of Sri Lankan moths: